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package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;

@InterfaceAudience.Private
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface BlockPlacementStatus {

  /**
   * Boolean value to identify if replicas of this block satisfy requirement of 
   * placement policy
   * @return if replicas satisfy placement policy's requirement 
   */
  public boolean isPlacementPolicySatisfied();
  
  /**
   * Get description info for log or printed in case replicas are failed to meet
   * requirement of placement policy
   * @return description in case replicas are failed to meet requirement of
   * placement policy
   */
  public String getErrorDescription();

}
